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charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 7684180004 X-Stat-Signature: f9s7bk3gjksiwrmedge1rf7iis4y4nut X-Rspam-User: X-Rspamd-Server: rspam10 X-HE-Tag: 1775115218-684832 X-HE-Meta: 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 lkLwjqcJ Wdv8h/tmIjaLG+zWGXqzI9yYndcS/mWYQU1E/QTVjH+VtRloXIPLkw5Mn4IvqX0MK89RC4pnrU+QeM9dU7WJglava0ipVtm9Ssje+jpQeWASdIwPD5GJ5AQ4XW/xP60HoX0Kvnq4TbcU9wF5llJyIrhmMQFaomvz5zDr2vMmM8qODSAol7CNc8LLN7UbzGQ83VDhsD4oDRxmLEq0dfGEiBzV+ERmZwUNef2+pNbxbsljr9Tu1xYSfMqA/k6ccumSWVVM/BLM//XUkn980q5hoyiLC1zsZKTKOMnYfQP3+oMLamQFBv2lV0GY3G3urvT2KJvfR0kLaPz1he5JbHD91ZQ/pTmenqr/FQO7R Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On 4/1/26 22:39, Sayali Patil wrote: > > > On 01/04/26 20:10, Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 01, 2026 at 04:21:55PM +0200, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote: >> >> OK so digging in: >> >> mremap -> ... -> vrm_set_new_addr() -> get_unmapped_area() -> ... (in >> ppc arch >> code) -> slice_get_unmapped_area(): >> >> unsigned long slice_get_unmapped_area(unsigned long addr, unsigned >> long len, >>                       unsigned long flags, unsigned int psize, >>                       int topdown) >> { >>     ... >>     /* bunch of checks */ >> >>     /* If we have MAP_FIXED and failed the above steps, then error out */ >>     if (fixed) >>         return -EBUSY; >> >>     ... >> } >> >> Is presumably where we hit the issue. >> >>> >>> That is weird. An mremap(MREMAP_FIXED) is really just an munmap() + >>> move. >> >> Yeah the weird bit I guess is that we _still_ invoke >> get_unmapped_area() but >> with MAP_FIXED set to indicate that we want the specific address, so it's >> subject to the above checks. >> >>> >>> Are we sure this is not some actual problem in the hugetlb >>> implementation? >> >> It seems the 'slices' check sees if the _target address_ has an >> equivalent page >> size, presumably hugetlb-mandated, and fails if they're not >> equivalent, so this >> change is just accounting for that. >> > Yes, this change accounts for that by ensuring the destination is > created with MAP_HUGETLB so it has the same page size as the source. Okay, weird, so it's the right thing to do to cover all odd arch behavior. >> >>> >>> >>> But then the test suddenly requires more hugetlb pages, no? I don't see >>> a good reason for the MAP_POPULATE, really. It will be discarded >>> either way. >> >> Yeah I'm not sure about the MAP_POPULATE being all that important here. >> > As far as I understand, without MAP_POPULATE, memory accesses would > trigger userfaults, and since the test is single-threaded and has no > background handler for the uffd, it would deadlock. MAP_POPULATE ensures > the test runs correctly by prefaulting all pages, but please let me know > if I’m mistaken. So you are saying the test would deadlock if you are not adding MAP_POPULATE? If so, please double check if that is actually the case. And if it's actually the case, please carefully document that in the patch description, and probably as a comment above the MAP_POPULATE usage. -- Cheers, David